Downtown celebration draws head of Hearst, former mayors, state legislators, other leaders

John C. McKeon, President & Publisher San Antonio Express-News, speaks during the SA150th gala at the Alamo on Saturday Sept. 26, 2015. Dignitaries celebrated the 150th anniversary of the founding of the San Antonio Express-News.

John C. McKeon, President & Publisher San Antonio Express-News,...

This story started in 1865, just months after the Civil War ended, during a time when San Antonio still looked like the mythic West.

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